Robert Andrews

The technology publishers relied upon to provide advertiser targeting in the last two decades wasn’t exactly intentional. In fact, some of it was a hack of methods used for entirely different purposes. In this video interview with Beet.TV, a leading digital advertising industry advisor says the industry should avoid sleepwalking into another 20 years of […]

If advertiser spend is bouncing back, Serge Matta wants to catch it. The former Comscore CEO joined LG Ads, the electronics manufacturer’s advanced TV advertising division, this summer, with optimism growing about coronavirus easing. Now Matta says the power of connected TV advertising is beckoning pharmaceutical, political and other advertisers to look hard at the […]

For the pharmaceutical industry, the ability to target ads to households using connected TV is both a huge opportunity and a minefield. Ad-tech company DeepIntent will help them navigate that landscape, after LG Ads Solutions, the OEM’s ad sales division, picked it to be its DSP of choice for the healthcare industry in the U.S. […]

As societies and industries advance through the years and the eras, it would be tempting to assume that things generally get better, easier. In digital advertising today, the ecosystem is wrestling with a host of changes that seem to make business more challenging. But, in this video interview with Beet.TV, Eric Picard, chief product officer […]

For many people, the last couple of years has been a torrid time. For the TV, video and advertising industry, it has been a period when new consumer behaviors were solidified. Now that the darkness is easing, players are emerging into the light with a renewed impetus – if they want to capitalize on the […]

With so much in flux underneath the traditional foundation of digital advertising, many ad buyers are confused about how they will find their best audience anymore. Apple has reduced the use of app identifiers, whilst cookies are being deprecated. In this video interview with Beet.TV, Lisa Bradner, GM analytics at ad data software company Yieldmo, […]

CHICAGO – After a disrupted couple of years for the industry, Beet Retreat is fully back in business. Beet.TV’s industry get-together arrives at Loews, Santa Monica Beach Hotel, on November 17. Executives are gathering at a time when the redefinition that was bubbling in the industry was crystallised by pandemic effects. Now the mood in […]

By now, we all now that connected TV channels offer the power to reach distinct groups or households. But who exactly is on the end of those messages? Magnite’s just-published CTV For Everyone research study aimed to find out. In this video interview with Beet.TV, the company’s chief revenue officer for CTV, Sean Buckley, discusses […]

In a media environment this complex, it seems like planners can earn their crust again. With new viewing options supplanting linear, but coming with a host of fragmentation, agencies have a role in picking the right mix of capabilities and inventory value. In this video interview with Beet.TV, Brad Stockton, Dentsu’s SVP of US national […]

If the traditional TV meter disappears as the standard by which viewing behavior is measured, don’t expect it to be replaced by just one alternative. In this video interview with Beet.TV, one TV ad-tech exec says the industry should expect to accommodate a multitude of Nielsen alternatives. And, says Samba TV’s Ashwin Navin, that future […]

With software makers clamping down on use of device identifiers for advertising purposes, it seems like the fabric of digital advertising is being torn up, leaving ad agencies scrabbling to cook up alternative routes to audiences. For one agency digital chief, what comes after identity comprises three approaches: An “agnostic” approach to alternative solutions. Embracing […]

A system introduced two years ago to help advertisers understand the contents of audience data segments needs an upgrade, according to one of the people who helped drive the initial initiative. In this video interview with The Project X Institute executive director Jon Watts for Beet.TV, Jonathan Steuer explains why the IAB’s Data Label needs […]

By now, many people are aware of the concept of “cognitive bias”. Because humans are humans, it is something that can manifest in advertising creative. Now IBM’s machine learning engine Watson wants to find evidence of biased advertising, so that it can build a solution. Uncovering bias IBM Watson Advertising announces new research initiative to […]

If media measurement companies want to regain their footing in the new world, they are going to have to beat off competition from ad agencies that, armed with data and software, believe they can do the job themselves. In recent years, the traditional measurement companies have tried to transition their panel systems forward. But, in […]

Measurement companies are not keeping pace with rapidly evolving viewer behavior and advertiser demands – so Disney plans to do something about it. That was the view expressed by Lisa Valentino, executive vice president of client solutions and addressable enablement at Disney Advertising Sales, as she launched launched a series of ad-tech offerings. In this […]

Digital ad identifiers like cookies may be drying up – but some media companies think that offers them an opportunity. For many, the current moment is about re-establishing the primacy of publisher-audience relationships. In this video interview with Beet.TV, Susan Parker, chief strategy officer at Nexstar Digital, which recently purchased The Hill for $130 million, explains […]

Rocked by the withering of traditional ad identifiers, increasing privacy regulation, and increasingly fragmented audiences – advertisers are steadily regaining the ability to effectively use audience data across TV platforms. “Clean room” technology, through which media companies and advertisers connect and exchange data within the scope of privacy rules, are gathering pace. Once the domain of just […]

The modern digital advertising industry has a difficult decision point, with many executives wanting to heed the new privacy imperative whilst nevertheless sharing that audience data with third-party data companies. That dualism would seem to be intractable – but Bill Stratton doesn’t think so. In this video interview with Beet.TV, the global head of media, […]

In a challenging business environment and with traditional TV viewing waning, a growing number of brands and their ad agencies are leaning into connected TV. There, they can employ data-driven buying, targeting and measurement. But what’s the right balance of digital and linear, and how can buyers wring the best effect from the new channel? […]

In an industry in which “addressable” advertising has seemed to describe the extent to which inventory itself can be targeted, one man has a different take. Charlie Weiss says “addressability” shouldn’t just refer to opportunities but also to outcomes. In this video interview with Beet.TV, the head of business development at TV advertising measurement and […]